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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,265 works

The Empress Eugénie (Eugénie de Montijo, 1826-1920, Condesa de Teba)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1854

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue velvet coat, set in a jeweled silver frame.

Richard Abell

Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1724

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with flowers in her auburn hair, wearing a blue dress, set in a jeweled silver frame.

Mrs. Vanderbank

Christian Friedrich Zincke, ca. 1730

Painting of a young woman with bowed head, gold headband and red necklace against a dark background.

Young Woman with a Red Necklace

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Painting of a bearded man in a red robe and white turban leaning on a crate beside a plaster bust in a studio.

An Ottoman Man in the Artist's Studio

Auguste-Xavier Leprince, ca. 1823-26

Oil portrait of an older man in red papal vestments with gold embroidered stole against a dark red background.

Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini, 1675-1758)

Pierre Subleyras, 1746

Oval pastel portrait of a woman with powdered hair, a feathered hat, and a blue dress with gold buttons.

Madame Elisabeth de France (1764-1794)

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, ca. 1787

Pastel double portrait of a man in a brown coat and a seated woman in a cream gown with pink ribbons and lace.

François de Jullienne (1722-1754) and Marie Elisabeth de Jullienne (Marie Elisabeth de Séré de Rieux, 1724-1795)

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1743

Self-portrait of a man in a dark jacket beside a tall window with grey interior walls, in muted tones.

Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1911

Black and white photograph of an oval portrait of an elderly man with white hair, round spectacles, and a fur-collared coat.

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

H. Sanford, 1776-1883

Black-and-white photo of a reverse-painted glass portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, labeled Washington, in a

Plaque of George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1776-1830

Painting of a seated woman in a green and black dress adjusting her bodice, looking downward, against a green curtain.

Study in Green and Black

John White Alexander, by 1906

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat, seated and resting his hands on a chair.

Walt Whitman

John White Alexander, 1889

Oval grayscale portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache, dark coat and bow tie against a shadowed background.

James Topham Brady

Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869

Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette

William P. Babcock, 1850-80

Portrait of a man in dark coat and ruffled white jabot holding a folded letter, against a dark background.

Philip Van Cortlandt

Ezra Ames, ca. 1810

Full-length portrait of a young boy in a grey coat holding a small bird, with a tree and cloudy sky behind him.

James Badger

Joseph Badger, 1760

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and black bow tie against a brown background.

John F. Kensett

George Augustus Baker Jr., 1875

Oval portrait of a woman with dark curls and red flowers in her hair, wearing a white blouse and blue bodice.

Mrs. William Loring Andrews

George Augustus Baker Jr., 1861-63

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet, dark velvet dress and white shawl, seated in a red chair.

Mrs. Benjamin Simons

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1771-76

Portrait of a seated man in gray suit with a quill pen at a desk, red curtain and window view behind him.

Samuel Cutts

Joseph Blackburn, ca. 1762-63

Seated woman in green silk gown with a brown and white spaniel on a red sofa, against a landscape background.

Lady with a Dog

Mather Brown, 1786

Portrait of a seated young woman in white dress and bonnet beside a harpsichord holding sheet music, dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mather Brown, 1801

Monochrome painting of a seated man in a dark coat with white powdered hair, holding a book beside stacked volumes.

George Washington: Design for an Engraving

Alonzo Chappel, ca. 1860

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress beside a small table with a pink rose, on a brown background.

Lady in Black

William Merritt Chase, 1888

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress and large white hat against a dark background.

Bessie Potter

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1895

Painting of a smiling toddler in a white dress holding a red ball against a brown background.

Roland

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1902

Full-length painting of a young boy in a dark sailor suit with white collar, leaning on a blue-seated chair.

Alexander Stewart Wetherill

Alfred Quinton Collins, ca. 1890-1900

Oil portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and bow tie, holding a top hat and cane beside a stone column.

James Merrill Cook

Nelson Cook, 1840

Oil portrait of a woman in a black lace shawl holding a straw hat tied with satin ribbon, beside a classical column.

Mrs. James Merrill Cook

Nelson Cook, 1840